Even before his death nearly two years ago, writers of all stripes began to wonder, "Who is the next Steve Jobs?" It was fitting, in a ghoulish sort of way: People were lusting for the next model before the current one had become obsolete.

Their answers over the years, gleaned from Google and Lexis Nexis, have covered the spectrum. On the one side are Jobs-like tech shamans with a cultivated air of prickly genius (Elon Musk), and on the other are more democratic choices ("a bikini video director"), with plenty in between (Marissa Meyer). Here's everything we could find.